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 BEKTIIELEMY Wells of Moses (1808), Entry of French Army into Paris in 1436, Versailles Gallery. Meyer, Kunst. Lex., iii. 707. BERTHELEMY, PIERRE EMILE, bom at Rouen, April 3, 1818. Marine painter ; pupil of Rouen Art School, then in Paris of Cogniet and of Ecole des Beaux Arts. Works: Naval Battle Between French Fleet under Duquesne and Dutch-Spanish Fleet under Ruyter, 1676 (1846) ; Scene from Walter Scott's Pirate, Harbour of Fecamp (1847); Ship in Distress (1848); Flight of Jean Bart (1849) ; Shipwreck of Van Tromp in Bay of Trepass6s (1851); do. of Corsair Ship (1853) ; Return of Fishing Boats (1857) ; After the Storm (1859) ; Burning Vessel (1861) ; Ship Le Vaubant in a Storm (1864) ; Mouth of the Seine at Sunset (1865) ; Shipwreck of Borythenes (1866) ; do. of Evening Star (1867); Harfleur Harbour (1868); Return of Fishing Boats (1877) ; Various marines (1879-85). Meyer, Kiinst. Lex., iii. 707. BERTHON, NICOLAS, born in Paris, Aug. 4, 1831. Genre painter; pupil of Ecole des Beaux Arts and of Cogniet. Medal, 1866. Works : Mowers' Luncheon (1857) ; do. (1863); Mowers, Soldier's Return (1864); Bowling at Beauce, Peasant from the Moun- tains (1865); During Mass (1866); Souvenir of the Auvergne (1866), Arras Museum ; The Baurree (a dance, 1867) ; Prayer, Spinning Woman (1868) ; Pastime (1873) ; The Walk (1875); Procession at St. Bonnet (1877); In- terior in Auvergne (1878, 1880, 1882); Pro- cession of Penitents (1883). Meyer, Kiinst. Lex., iii. 711. BERTHON, RENfi THEODORE, born at Tours in 1776 or 1778, died in Paris, April 9, 1859. History and portrait painter; pupil of David ; lived in Venice and Vienna at the beginning of this century, and re- turned to Paris in 1806. One of the most talented artists of the modern school. L. of Honour. Works: Chloe bathing in a Grotto (1796) ; Portrait of Bonaparte as Consul (1801); Surrender of Ulm (1806), Napoleon receiving at Berlin Delegation of Senate after Battle of Jena (1808), Albert Rampou defending Redoubt of Monte Legino (1812), Order of St. John taking Possession of Malta (1839), Versailles Gallery ; David obtaining Saul's Permission to contend with Goliath (1822), Passage through Caen of Due de Bern in 1814 (1824), Caen Museum ; Na- poleon handing to Delegation of Senate the Captured Prussian Standards, Compiegne. Meyer, Kiinst. Lex., iii. 710. BERTHOUD, AUGUSTS HENRI, born in Paris of Swiss parents, April, 1829. Land- scape and genre painter ; pupil of Prottevin, and of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, then of Ary Scheffer and influenced by Corot, with whom he was allied in friendship ; settled at Interlaken in 1862, and at Neuchatel, the home of his family, 1874. President of the Society of Swiss Painters and Sculptors since 1882. Medal, Vienna, 1873. Works : Re- pose sur la Montague (1857) ; Unspunnen near Interlaken (1868) ; Summit of the Jungfrau ; The Wetterhorn ; Kandersteg Valley ; Glacier of Altelo ; Women of Aries in Prayer ; Procession of Arlesiennes ; Plus heureux qu'un Roi ; Ruth ; Judith ; Mes I eleves peignant d'apres nature (1879) ; View ' near Rosenlani Glacier, Evening Breeze (1882); Death of the Chamois Hunter (1872), The Jungfi-au and the Vagueren, Neuchatel Museum. Meyer, Kiiiist. Lex., iii. 711; Kunst-Chronik, xiv. 605. BERTHOUD, LEON, born at Neuchatel, pupil of Maximilien de Meuron, then in Paris of Leon Cogniet, spent several years in Italy, returned to Paris, then settled at St. Blaise, near NeucMtel. Works: Crossing an Arm of the Tiber at Borghetto, Fortified Tower of Chateau d'Estavayer, The Frolm Alp on Lake of Lucerne, Neuchatel Muse- um ; Aqueducts in Roman Campagna ; Bay of Naples ; View of Sorrento ; Temples of Psestum ; Monte St. Angelo ; Baths of Cara- calla ; Chateau de Chillon ; Lake of Neu- chatel. Meyer, Kiinst. Lex., iii. 711. BERTIN, EDOUARD FRANC/OIS, born in Paris, in 1797, died there, Sept. 14, 1871. Landscape painter ; pupil of Girodet and 150
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